1907 Vanderbilt Cup Race Cancelled
Motor Parkway Capitalized at $2 Million and Cancellation of 1907 Race
With great promise and fanfare Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. was capitalized with $2,000,000 in December 1906. A frustrating series of setbacks in obtaining right-of-way to privately owned property resulted in a steady series of missed project milestones. Eventually the Vanderbilt Cup Race Commission was forced to cancel the 1907 race and Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. delayed construction until 1908.
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The 128-page book by Howard Kroplick, a researcher and lecturer on the races, contains rare images of the races from the archives of major museums, libraries and private collectors. The book Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island will be available from Arcadia Publishing in March 2008.
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